The Aussie stuff looks the best with the Italian a very close second. I was surprised to see that Tabasco has gone beyond just the US packs.

All of which look better than the old US "C Rations" I recall in 1965-1966 eating scrambled eggs and ham scrambled in 1943. Also recall the always repellent ham and lima beans canned in 1945. In their defence each packet did give you 4 ciggies, often of obsolete brands. Plus the hot chocolate was always excellent.

The Aussie stuff looks the best with the Italian a very close second. I was surprised to see that Tabasco has gone beyond just the US packs.

All of which look better than the old US "C Rations" I recall in 1965-1966 eating scrambled eggs and ham scrambled in 1943. Also recall the always repellent ham and lima beans canned in 1945. In their defence each packet did give you 4 ciggies, often of obsolete brands. Plus the hot chocolate was always excellent.

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I'd give the second place to the Fritz's food, what with the goulash and plenty of fruit and meat . . . When the you can feel the after-taste before you've even opened the packet the spice helps alot.

The musk-flavoured stuff tries, unsuccessfully, to prepare you for swallowing the latest load of seething cock-clag from Canberra; no berets, luminous cams, issued webbing only, killing the enemy and being prosecuted for manslaughter afterwards, that kind of thing. Note the one (1) carefully pre-broken biscuit; says it all, really. The Digestive of Mute Eloquence!